We had a free day recently, and an urge to get out of the house before returning to work for the Spring term. So, we found ourselves at the National Trust’s Nostell Priory once more. I adore winter time for taking photos – particularly bright and clear days like the one we had on Sunday; […]
I’m ever more convinced that we may not find a cure for cancer, but it continues to take lives. We are a mere month into 2016 and so far it seems that almost every day, another celebrity is taken from us because of the disease. Terry Wogan, a veteran broadcaster and known for his close links […]
So… this blogging thing. Let’s do some! I’ve decided that, if I can’t make or find time to blog every day, I can at least make an effort to do one a month. I may just do something like this – which is a round up of things I’ve done in January – or might […]
So, here we are two months down the line from the start of this project. A few things have struck me lately. Firstly, far more people are reading this than I ever would have thought. The data I see shows me that but more telling are conversations I’ve had about the writing on here with […]
Today McLaren revealed the car they hope will lead them to their first World Championship since 2008. The car, looks neat and tidy with quite a few changes from their previous offering. The biggest change comes in drivers though with Lewis Hamilton having left the team that he has grown up with in order to try […]
Today was the first day back at work in 2013. As appears to have become the tradition, it was an INSET or training day. This one was held at a local hotel, as it is an opportunity for the ten schools in our partnership to meet up and work together. In case you were wondering, […]
A fabulous infographic from The Oatmeal. Above is just one example from the full poster, available to view here. [Via The Oatmeal]
Seth Godin has wonderfully picked apart the value of a bottle of soap/shower gel type stuff. Very well done. Link: The story on the label
Following on from The Shape Of Song comes this visualisation of JS Bach‘s Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565). The Toccata and Fugue in D minor is a piece of organ music believed to have been composed by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime between1703 and 1707. It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire, and […]
This is very familiar to me, both at home and at work. Wires everywhere. So, what about making it look like this? After picking up a new desk, Seandavid010 sought out to solve he and his wife’s messy wire problem. He vaguely remembered reading about someone else using rain gutters to win the battle against […]